Former House of Representatives member, Usman Bugaje, has asserted that President Bola Tinubu lacks the capability to address the challenges facing Nigeria, according to a report by GistReel.
The country has grappled with economic difficulties for the past eight months, starting with the suspension of the fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira during President Tinubu's tenure.
Speaking on Channels TV, Bugaje remarked,
”Today, it is everybody’s knowledge that Bola Tinubu has no solutions to the problems of this country....his government has failed to address the most essential issues. We had expected that when the new government took over, we were expecting that he would surround himself with expertise.
“We were expecting that for him to have announced the removal of the fuel subsidy, he must have had a plan – something that would address the consequences of that.
“You don’t make a policy without looking at the consequences and preparing to cushion the effect of that. But apparently, he did that without preparation.”
Bugaje attributed the lack of truthful engagement to the prevalence of sycophancy around Tinubu, suggesting that his advisers failed to provide honest assessments of the country's situation.
“I can see a lot of sycophancy around him (Tinubu). People are not engaging him. They are not telling him the truth and he seems to be very comfortable with the kind of people he has around him who don’t seem to have any ideas in their heads.
“They don’t seem to have any solutions to the problems that we have and they are always trying to find excuses.” he said
